3.9.10 : Dave Announces Italian Clinic Tour Dave will be all over Italy this April for
clinics in beautiful Italy! Click here to
see the full schedule!
3.1.10 : Dave to Teach at Drum Fantasy Camp Dave will join Peter Erskine, Tommy
Igoe, and more at the 2010 Drum Fantasy Camp -
August 11-15 at the Hyatt in Cleveland! He
will perform with the Mike Stern Band (featuring Tom
Kennedy), teach small classes, and join in every night
for jams with the attenees. Click here to learn more
and register!
1.20.10
: Dave Releases "You Rang?" Dave, George Whitty, and Ric
Fierabracci have released a great new song called
"You Rang?" This is the second independent release by
Dave. Once again, play-alongs, charts, and a video of
Dave are available. The song was written by George and
presents an ambient jazz feel with great solos. Click here to learn more and
download!
12.28.09
: New Jay Oliver Album Dave's longtime
friend and collaborator Jay Oliver (keys) has released a
fabulous solo piano album. The music comes
highly-recommended by Dave. Click here
to watch an inspiring video by Jay and to download the
music.
8.25.09 : Dave Appears on Mike Stern's
Big Neighborhood Dave joins an all-star cast on Mike Stern's
latest release, Big Neighborhood, including:
Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Esperanza
Spalding, Richard Bona, Terri Lyne
Carrington, Cindy Blackman, Lionel Cordew,
Chris Minh Doky, Lincoln Goines, Randy
Brecker, Bob Malach and more! Click
here to purchase the CD or an mp3 download!
Click
here to read a review!
8.9.09 : New Song and Play-Along Package! It's official! Dave has released a new single
with play-along versions and charts, for each
instrument, plus a video of Dave performing the song!
Click here to learn
more and download!
8.5.09 : Dave Appears on the Late, Late, Show!
Dave recently
performed on the Late, Late, Show with Bernie
Williams. Check out the video on the right side of this
page!
8.3.09
: August Drum Fantasy Camp Dave
will join Peter Erskine, Steve Smith,
Tommy Igoe, and Dafnis Prieto
at Drum Fantasy Camp this August! Learn more...
8.1.09
: Drums for Sale Dave
will be
auctioning off some of his classic drum kits! Stay tuned
for information about purchasing one of the incredible
kits!
3.23.09 Dave appears on
the new Mike Stern Band DVD, along with Mike Stern
(guitar), Tom Kennedy (bass), and Bob Franceschini
(sax). Click
here to view a promo video, and click
here to purchase at Amazon.com.
1.21.09 Dave has
updated his studio page with new photos and a video!
Click here
to check it out and learn how you can get Dave on your
next recording as a drummer and/or a producer.
1.21.09 NAMM, the trade
association of the international music products
industry, just wrapped up its 2009 Winter show. At show
close, NAMM reported 85,799 registrants.
Dave attended the show on
Saturday, taking in the many sites and sounds and also
signing autographs at Sabian, Yamaha, and Vic Firth. He
also spent time in the Remo booth.
11.13.08 Click
here to listen to an interview with Dave, where
he talks about the current Mike Stern tour and the new
Yamaha Phoenix drums he's playing!
8.27.08 Dave Weckl finished
almost a week of teaching and performing at the 2008
Drum Fantasy Camp today. Dave joined instructors Steve
Smith, Horacio Hernandez, Tony Royster, Jr., Jamey
Haddad, Ganesh Kumar, and Dave Brewer for master classes
with more than 80 attendees at the Hyatt Regency hotel
in Cleveland, Ohio. Dave also performed with guitarist
Oz Noy and bassist Will Lee. Steve Smith performed with
his band, Vital Information, with guest appearances by
Jamey Haddad (percussion) and Ganesh Kumar (Kanjira).
Click
here to view two years of photos from this
incredible event.
11.3.07 Flying straight in from
Europe after touring with Jeff Lorber's band, Dave
arrived in Columbus, Ohio, for PASIC 2007 ready to go.
More than 700 people attended Dave's clinic at the Hyatt
Grand Ballroom, which was sponsored by Sabian, Yamaha,
Vic Firth, Remo, and Shure.
During the 50-minute presentation, Dave talked about
taking a musical approach to drumming.
"There aren't too many gigs for drum soloists out
there," Dave said to the standing-room only crowd. "Be
musical," he added, "because if you want to get called
back, you need to please the band leader first."
Dave also stressed the importance of developing
independence, but not to build flashy chops. He showed
how simple hand/foot independence exercises can make
fills more musical. In one example, he showed how just
maintaining a quarter-note or eighth-note "pulse" with
the hi-hat can preserve the groove during a fill. Dave
then got the audience involved by having them clap an
ostinato while he soloed over it.
The audience was electric and the clinic ended with a
standing ovation. Dave then ran over to the Sabian booth
to sign autographs for an hour!
